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Labuan International Airport

*Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Labuan*
Labuan International Airport; Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Labuan
	IATA: LBU; ICAO: WBKL;
Summary
Airport type	Military/public
Owner	Khazanah Nasional Berhad
Operator	Malaysia Airports
Serves	Labuan, Malaysia
Location	Labuan, Federal Territory of Labuan, Malaysia
Time zone	MST (UTC+08:00)
Elevation AMSL	101 ft / 31 m
Coordinates	05°18′06″N 115°14′54″E / 5.30167°N 115.24833°E
Map
	LBU/WBKL Location in Labuan Island, East Malaysia LBU/WBKL LBU/WBKL (Malaysia) LBU/WBKL LBU/WBKL (Southeast Asia) LBU/WBKL LBU/WBKL (Asia)
Runways
Statistics (2020)
Passenger
Passenger	270,959 ( 61.9%)
Airfreight (tonnes)	3,354 ( 46.5%)
Aircraft movements	5,999 ( 50.6%)
	Sources: official web site; AIP Malaysia

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Labuan Airport (IATA: LBU, ICAO: WBKL) is an airport that serves the federal territory of Labuan in Malaysia. The airport is 2.5 km (1.6 mi) or 5 km (3.1 mi) by road from Victoria (Labuan Town). It was planned for Labuan International Airport to be a regional hub for connecting flights within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) but this plan was postponed due to logistics and unsuitability.

At present, this airport can accommodate larger aircraft such as the Boeing 747 and the Airbus A330, with 4 aerobridges. In 2008, the airport handled 550,859 passengers, 11,328 aircraft movements and over 4,500 metric tonnes of cargo. The airport is able to handle over 1.2 million passengers per year.^[1]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
AirAsia	Kuala Lumpur–International
Malaysia Airlines	Kuala Lumpur–International
MASwings	Kota Kinabalu, Miri

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
MASkargo	Hong Kong, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur–International
Raya Airways	Kuala Lumpur–Subang

Traffic and statistics

Traffic

**Annual passenger numbers and aircraft statistics**
Year	Passengers handled	Passenger % change	Cargo (tonnes)	Cargo % change	Aircraft movements	Aircraft % change
2011	567,928		5,294		12,762
2012	617,130	8.7	6,072	14.7	13,589	6.5
2013	738,769	19.7	9,329	53.6	15,139	11.4
2014	789,494	6.9	11,591	24.2	15,596	3.0
2015	684,108	13.3	9,834	15.2	13,249	15.0
2016	269,696	13.0	4,620	53.0	10,959	17.3
2017	595,290	3.0	5,071	9.8	10,185	7.1
2018	574,107	0.6	3,996	21.1	10,698	5.0
2019	710,271	23.7	6,270	56.9	12,143	13.5
2020	270,959	61.9	3,354	46.5	5,999	50.6
^{Source: Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad^[3]}

Statistics

Rank	Destination	Frequency (weekly)
1	Sarawak, Miri	28
2	Sabah, Kota Kinabalu	28
3	Kuala Lumpur	21

Nearest place

The Labuan Airport is connected with RMAF Labuan Air Base, which shared the runway with the airport. The other place such as Labuan Meteorology Office, Labuan Botanical Labuan, and Labuan Golf Club, also located near the airport.

References

^ ^a ^b Labuan Airport, Federal Territory at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
^ WBKL - LABUAN Archived 2013-12-30 at the Wayback Machine at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia
^ "Malaysia Airports: Airports Statistics 2020" (PDF). Malaysia Airports. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2021.

External links

[MAHB-1] Labuan Airport, Federal Territory at Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad

[AIP-2] WBKL - LABUAN Archived 2013-12-30 at the Wayback Machine at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia

[3] "Malaysia Airports: Airports Statistics 2020" (PDF). Malaysia Airports. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2021.

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 {{For|the airport in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia|Komodo Airport}}
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 | IATA = LBU
 | ICAO = WBKL
-| type = Military/Public
+| type = Military/public
+| owner = [[Khazanah Nasional|Khazanah Nasional Berhad]]
-| owner =
-| operator = [[Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad]]
+| operator = [[Malaysia Airports]]
 | city-served = [[Labuan]], [[Malaysia]]
+| location = [[Labuan]],  Federal Territory of Labuan, Malaysia
-| location =
 | timezone = [[Time in Malaysia|MST]]
 | utc = [[UTC+08:00]]
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 | website =
 | pushpin_map = Malaysia East#Malaysia#Southeast Asia#Asia
-| pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Labuan Island]] , [[East Malaysia]]
+| pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Labuan Island]], [[East Malaysia]]
 | pushpin_label = '''LBU'''/WBKL
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 | metric-rwy = y
 | stat1-header = Passenger
-| stat1-data = 595,290 ({{decrease}} 13.0%)
+| stat1-data = 270,959 ({{decrease}} 61.9%)
-| stat-year = 2016
+| stat-year = 2020
-| footnotes = Sources: official web site<ref name=MAHB>[http://www.malaysiaairports.com.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=15 Labuan Airport, Federal Territory] at [[Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad]]</ref><br>[[Aeronautical Information Publication|AIP]] Malaysia<ref name=AIP>[http://aip.dca.gov.my/aip%20pdf/AD/AD2/WBKL/WBKL%20-%20Labuan.pdf WBKL - LABUAN] at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia</ref>
+| footnotes = Sources: official web site<ref name=MAHB>[http://www.malaysiaairports.com.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=15 Labuan Airport, Federal Territory] at [[Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad]]</ref><br>[[Aeronautical Information Publication|AIP]] Malaysia<ref name=AIP>[http://aip.dca.gov.my/aip%20pdf/AD/AD2/WBKL/WBKL%20-%20Labuan.pdf WBKL - LABUAN] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234035/http://aip.dca.gov.my/aip%20pdf/AD/AD2/WBKL/WBKL%20-%20Labuan.pdf |date=2013-12-30 }} at Department of Civil Aviation Malaysia</ref>
 | stat2-header = Airfreight (tonnes)
-| stat2-data =  4,620 ({{decrease}} 53.0%)
+| stat2-data =  3,354 ({{decrease}} 46.5%)
 | stat3-header = Aircraft movements
-| stat3-data = 10,959 ({{decrease}} 17.3%)
+| stat3-data = 5,999 ({{decrease}} 50.6%)
 }}
-[[File:Labuan Malaysia Airport-04.jpg|thumb|Labuan Airport Air Traffic Control Tower.]]
+[[File:Labuan Malaysia Airport-04.jpg|thumb|Labuan Airport air traffic control tower]]
-'''Labuan Airport''' {{airport codes|LBU|WBKL}} is an airport that serves the federal territory of [[Labuan]] in [[Malaysia]]. The airport is {{convert|2.5|km|abbr=on}} or {{convert|5|km|abbr=on}} by road from [[Labuan Town|Victoria (Labuan Town)]]. It was planned for Labuan Airport to be a regional hub for connecting flights within the [[Association of Southeast Asian Nations]] (ASEAN) but this plan was postponed due to logistics and unsuitability.
+'''Labuan Airport''' {{airport codes|LBU|WBKL}} is an airport that serves the federal territory of [[Labuan]] in [[Malaysia]]. The airport is {{convert|2.5|km|abbr=on}} or {{convert|5|km|abbr=on}} by road from [[Labuan Town|Victoria (Labuan Town)]]. It was planned for Labuan International Airport to be a regional hub for connecting flights within the [[Association of Southeast Asian Nations]] (ASEAN) but this plan was postponed due to logistics and unsuitability.
-At present, this airport is being expanded to accommodate larger aircraft such as the [[Boeing 747]] and the [[Airbus A330]], with 4 aerobridges. In 2008, the airport handled 550,859 passengers, 11,328 aircraft movements and over 4,500 metric tonnes of cargo. The airport is able to handle over 1.2 million passengers per year.<ref name=MAHB />
+At present, this airport can accommodate larger aircraft such as the [[Boeing 747]] and the [[Airbus A330]], with 4 aerobridges. In 2008, the airport handled 550,859 passengers, 11,328 aircraft movements and over 4,500 metric tonnes of cargo. The airport is able to handle over 1.2 million passengers per year.<ref name=MAHB />
 ==Airlines and destinations==
 === Passenger ===
+<!-- Please use only independent sources. The airport and airline itself are not independent sources. -->
 {{Airport-dest-list
 | [[AirAsia]] | [[Kuala Lumpur International Airport|Kuala Lumpur–International]]
 | [[Malaysia Airlines]] | [[Kuala Lumpur International Airport|Kuala Lumpur–International]]
-| [[Malaysia Airlines]] <br>operated by [[MASwings]] | [[Kota Kinabalu International Airport|Kota Kinabalu]], [[Miri Airport|Miri]]
+| [[MASwings]] | [[Kota Kinabalu International Airport|Kota Kinabalu]], [[Miri Airport|Miri]]
-| [[Malindo Air]] | [[Kuala Lumpur International Airport|Kuala Lumpur–International]]<ref>https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/279452/malindo-air-adds-scheduled-labuan-flights-from-aug-2018/</ref>
 }}
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 |+ '''Annual passenger numbers and aircraft statistics'''
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-! | <center>Year</center>
+! | {{center|Year}}
-! | <center>Passengers<br />handled</center>
+! | {{center|Passengers<br />handled}}
-! | <center>Passenger<br />% change</center>
+! | {{center|Passenger<br />% change}}
-! | <center>Cargo<br />(tonnes)</center>
+! | {{center|Cargo<br />(tonnes)}}
-! | <center>Cargo<br />% change</center>
+! | {{center|Cargo<br />% change}}
-! | <center>Aircraft<br />movements</center>
+! | {{center|Aircraft<br />movements}}
-! | <center>Aircraft<br />% change</center>
+! | {{center|Aircraft<br />% change}}
 |- style="background:#eee;"
 |2011||567,928||{{nochange}}{{sort|08|}}||5,294||{{nochange}}{{sort|08|}}||12,762||{{nochange}}{{sort|08|}}
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 |2020||270,959||{{decrease}} 61.9||3,354||{{decrease}} 46.5||5,999||{{decrease}} 50.6
 |-
-| colspan="7" style="text-align:right;"| <sup>''Source: [[Malaysia Airports|Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad]]''<ref>{{cite web|date=|title=Malaysia Airports: Airports Statistics 2020|url=http://annualreport2020.malaysiaairports.com.my/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/airportstatistics2020.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=5 October 2021|publisher=Malaysia Airports}}</ref></sup>
+| colspan="7" style="text-align:right;"| <sup>''Source: [[Malaysia Airports|Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad]]''<ref>{{cite web|date=|title=Malaysia Airports: Airports Statistics 2020|url=http://annualreport2020.malaysiaairports.com.my/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/airportstatistics2020.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811145342/http://annualreport2018.malaysiaairports.com.my/downloads/airportstatistics2018.pdf|archive-date=11 August 2019|access-date=5 October 2021|publisher=Malaysia Airports}}</ref></sup>
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-! |Rank|| |Destination|| |Frequency<br>(Weekly)
+! |Rank|| |Destination|| |Frequency<br>(weekly)
 |-
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 |}
-==Labuan Airbase==
+==Nearest place==
+The Labuan Airport is connected with [[RMAF Labuan Air Base]], which shared the runway with the airport. The other place such as [[Labuan Meteorology Office]], [[Labuan Botanical Labuan]], and [[Labuan Golf Club]], also located near the airport.
-The Labuan Airport also located near with [[RMAF Labuan airbase]].
 ==See also==
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 {{Airports in Malaysia}}
 {{authority control}}
 [[Category:Airports in Malaysia]]
 [[Category:Buildings and structures in Labuan]]
+[[Category:Transport in Labuan]]
-{{Malaysia-airport-stub}}
-{{Malaysia-struct-stub}}

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